Error while installing rails `$ gem install rails`

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Hi I am new to Ruby on Rails and trying to setup in my machine [Ububntu 12.04 LTS]. I successfully installed Ruby and Gem now I am getting error while installing Rails Here is my version of Ruby and Gem

$ ruby -v
ruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [x86_64-linux]
$ gem -v
2.1.7

Now when I try command $ sudo gem install rails or $ gem install rails

ERROR:  Could not find a valid gem 'rails' (>= 0), here is why:
      Unable to download data from https://rubygems.org/ - SSL_connect SYSCALL returned=5 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server session ticket A (https://rubygems.org/latest_specs.4.8.gz)

I looked this answer and updated the ca-certificate using $ sudo update-ca-certificates but it is still not working?

Help me as I new to RoR I have no idea what to do next since I have applied all measures I could. Thank you in advanced.

EDIT: Suggest me a way I can solve this problem, incase I don't find one I will be doing it using RVM.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11391679/ubuntu-12-how-to-install-ruby-and-rails-correctly — chait.., Oct 10 '13 at 05:46
try changing in gemfile https rubygems.org to http rubygems.org — Neeraj, Oct 10 '13 at 07:07
possible duplicate of [SSL Error When installing rubygems, Unable to pull data from 'https://rubygems.org/](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19150017/ssl-error-when-installing-rubygems-unable-to-pull-data-from-https-rubygems-o) — mpapis, Oct 10 '13 at 07:15

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '13 at 06:18

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Some packages may b missing. Try this.

rvm get head
rvm requirements run
rvm remove 1.9.3
rvm use 1.9.3 --install --default
gem install rails

answered Oct 10 '13 at 06:18

chait..

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '14 at 00:11

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I had this issue and simply had to update RubyGems

gem update --system

answered Jul 19 '14 at 00:11

mervis

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '13 at 14:56

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Most likely rubygems.org is down temporarily, try running this command to add one of the mirrors as source

gem source -a 'https://production.cf.rubygems.org'

and then run

gem install rails

There are some more mirrors available.

answered Oct 10 '13 at 14:56

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 10 '13 at 07:37

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Without ssl:

$gem install rails --source http://rubygems.org

edited Oct 10 '13 at 07:37

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answered Oct 10 '13 at 07:12

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Error while installing rails `$ gem install rails`

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